Bacon’s scientific framing removed Satan as the explanation for Muhammad unlike earlier polemicists

Evidence

Despite this, Bacon, unlike so many earlier Christian authors, does not describe Muhammad as inspired by the devil; Satan seems to play no part in Bacon’s science of religion. — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1149

Categorization

• XREF: A complication to the genealogical claim: the naturalistic/astrological explanation of Islam is an alternative medieval root, distinct from the demonology lineage — worth noting against readings that only track diabolization.